Limited series · Fuji TV
The Secret Kitchen
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Haruka Kinami
Ayumi Tsubokura
11 eps
Mahiro Takasugi
Kei
11 eps
Miori Takimoto
Toko Ogura
11 eps
Mariko Tsutsui
Kyoko Tsubokura
11 eps
Shunsuke Nakamura
Wataru Tsubokura
11 eps
Aimi Satsukawa
Mai Yoshino
11 eps
Kanato Tsukishiro
Rika Nagamine
11 eps
Yusaku Mori
Tatsuya Kobayashi
11 eps
Ayana Shiramoto
Koharu Suzuki
11 eps
Meika Yoshida
Hina Tsubokura
11 eps
Junpei Yasui
Rintaro Suzuki
11 eps
YU
Ryosuke Kato
11 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Secret Kitchen actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Secret Kitchen reads strongest on Serialized, Cliffhanger Intensity and Tension.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The story
What it's about
A former actress trapped in an emotionally abusive marriage finds solace in cooking, until meeting an Italian chef who inspires her to reclaim her life.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Fumi HashimotoProducer
- Junichi SekimotoProducer
Direction
- Daisuke YamanouchiDirector
Music
- Yugo KannoOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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